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Bible Verses About Family and Friends
Find Bible verses about family and friends — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about family and friends?
The Bible addresses family and friends with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Genesis 6:18
“But I will establish my covenant with you. You shall come into the ship, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you.”
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Mark 3:21
“When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, "He is insane."”
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John 15:15
“No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.”
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Luke 12:4
“"I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.”
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John 15:14
“You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.”
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Deuteronomy 5:16
“"Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.”
Proverbs 23:22
“Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.”
Ephesians 6:1
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”
Proverbs 17:9
“He who covers an offense promotes love; but he who repeats a matter separates best friends.”
Mark 3:25
“If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.”
Matthew 19:19
“'Honor your father and mother.' And, 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'"”
Matthew 9:15
“Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.”
Zechariah 12:12
“The land will mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;”
Proverbs 29:3
“Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.”
Psalms 144:12
“Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.”
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